A mobile court on Monday fined six drivers for honking horn in the surrounding areas of Secretariat here yesterday. A mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Maksud Islam fined drivers of a private car, one CNG-run auto rickshaw and four motorcycles Tk 1,300. Assistant Director of Environment Department Mosabber Hossain Mohammad Razib accompanied the executive magistrate during the drive. Earlier, the government declared surrounding areas of Secretariat, including the Link Road to Zero Point, Paltan intersection as “No Horn Zone” December 17, 2019 with an aim to prevent sound pollution. The punishment for honking horn in a ‘silent zone’ is maximum one month jail or Tk 5,000 fine or both for the first time violators and for repetition of the same offence the punishment is maximum six months jail or Tk 10,000 fine or both.
